By J. Craig Cotton Claflin University’s 2026 UNCF Ecumenical Day of Prayer was a festive, high-energy celebration that brought together powerful prayer, uplifting music, joyful fellowship, and a shared commitment to philanthropy. More than 300 guests and sponsors from the campus and surrounding communities raised nearly $50,000 to support the University’s UNCF Scholarship Campaign. The
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The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Nov. 1 Homecoming Gospel Concert was supposed to help welcome the Eagle family home and celebrate Black music and talent. Instead, the UMES is now apologizing after a student emcee challenged concertgoers for praising the performance of the openly gay singer, B.Slade. “On Sunday, Nov. 1, a University of
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By Daniel Arkin, Bridget Bowman and Kyla Guilfoil In a major upset, Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi, NBC News projects, capping off a string of Democratic victories by flipping the reddest seat yet in this year’s midterms. Mississippi last elected a Democrat to the Senate 44 years ago, just a
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By Nick Langan The HBCU Radio Preservation Project is hosting its third annual symposium Thursday at Morgan State University, celebrating the return of more than 200 hours of restored archival broadcasts to 88.9 WEAA(FM) in Baltimore. WEAA is the Class B1 nonprofit and NPR affiliate station licensed and owned by Morgan State. Held in partnership
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South Carolina State University is undergoing a massive transformation, with approximately $330 million in construction and facility improvements designed to reshape the HBCU campus in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The university announced significant progress on several projects Wednesday, Nov. 11, including new student housing, academic buildings, research facilities and expanded student services. The investments, funded through
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By Dr. Deborah Bailey The Howard University HBCU Center for Research, Leadership and Policy is celebrating its fifth year of generating a growing network of research scholars and serving as a national hub for leadership and policy discussions on a wide range of topics related to America’s 107 HBCUs. Amid the recent homecoming festivities on
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